[CPWG] Sony Wins Pirate Site Blocking Order Against DNS-Resolver Quad9

[Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond]

Thanks for the follow-up & explanations, Bill, and for the very valid 
points you make in the response.
I do have a question, below:

On 25/06/2021 00:32, Bill Woodcock wrote:
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>> On Jun 25, 2021, at 12:25 AM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via CPWG <cpwg at icann.org> wrote:
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>> An interesting development. In the US, the CIA/FBI just block the site either through DNS or through the hosting provider.
> But not through the recursive resolver.  Through the registrar, typically, which actually has a relationship with one of the parties to the infringement (or whatever’s at issue).
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>> Now this case happens in Europe and in Germany, out of all places.
> It’s not surprising at all.  That specific court in Hamburg was chosen very deliberately, for the same reason the equivalent patent actions take place in Marshall, Texas.
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>> I do note that the "service" is not just a public resolver, but it pertains to block out malware and phishing. Thus Sony won the case.
> That had nothing to do with it.  Sony began this process thirty-five days after we moved out from behind the shield of the Northern California district courts, which continues to protect all of the other large recursive resolvers.
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>                                  -Bill
>

Why would quad9 move out from behind the shield of the Northern 
California district courts? Was this a test case?
Kindest regards,

Olivier
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